Dylan Gelula

Dylan Gelula
Born	May 7, 1994 (age 22) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Height	5'6"
Family	Karen Gelula (mother)

Dylan Gelula is an American actress who is best known for her roles as Ford on Chasing Life and Xanthippe on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Gelula was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents Karen Gelula, an attorney, and Jonathan Gelula, who owns a private label wine business, on May 7, 1994. She attended Lower Merion High School and recalls having a difficult time in high school, having been "very lonely, but very comfortable being alone," and showed up to school so infrequently that she was forced to either repeat her senior year or drop out. She ended up dropping out and moving to Los Angeles by herself at the age of 17.

Gelula began her acting career at the age of 10 as an extra in the M. Night Shyamalan film Lady in the Water, which she later revealed neither she nor her parents ever viewed. Two years after, in the sixth grade, she found a manager. Before moving to Los Angeles, her agent in New York got her an audition for the role of Jean Fordham in an Arden Theatre Company production of August: Osage County, directed by Terry Nolen, which she ended up starring in. She recalls remembering originally trying to turn down the part, but later realizing that she was very interested in it.

After moving to Los Angeles at the age of 17, she worked as a waitress at a high-end restaurant in Santa Monica, from which she was quickly fired. She also worked as a buyer at Wasteland, a resale store. She has had guest roles on NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Are We There Yet?, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Gelula has also played Gretchen Doyle on Jennifer Falls, Ford on Chasing Life, and Xanthippe on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Gelula strongly follows the Bechdel test in each of her roles.

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